Senior Residential Support Worker

Job Title: Senior Residential Support Worker

Location: 📍 Accrington, Lancashire

Salary: 💷 Up to £46,964.74 per annum (including enhanced sleep-in payments)

Working Hours / Shift Pattern: Full-time, including evenings, weekends and sleep-ins

Employment Type: Permanent

Sleep-ins: Required, with an enhanced sleep-in payment included in the salary

Service: Ofsted-registered therapeutic children’s homes

Service Users: Children and young people with learning disabilities (LD) and emotional and behavioural difficulties (EBD)

Qualifications Required: Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare (or equivalent)

Experience Required: Experience supporting children and young people in an Ofsted-registered children’s home, with the confidence to lead shifts

The Home: 🏡
Our client is recruiting into three homes in Accrington. A brand-new home is about to be registered, which has created five vacancies across their Qualified and Senior roles.

The new home will support children and young people with learning disabilities. The other two homes are two-bed or solo homes supporting children and young people with EBD.

Number of beds: Two-bed and solo provision across the established EBD homes

Who we are looking for:
An experienced, compassionate Senior Residential Support Worker to lead shifts and work alongside the Registered Manager and Deputy Manager. You’ll guide and support the care team so that each child gets consistent, high-quality care. Learning disability experience would suit the new LD home, where you’d help shape the team from registration. EBD experience would suit the two-bed and solo homes.

Who you will be working for:

Company type/size: An independent provider with around 75 staff, delivering residential, outreach, therapy and education services across Lancashire and Greater Manchester.

Future plans: The company is growing, and a new LD home is due to be registered soon.

Other services: A 24/7 outreach service, therapy, and an education service offering tuition and mentoring for children and young people with SEND.

Why this home & company:

Training / qualifications: Paid training

Benefits: Referral programme, annual leave, employee discount and free parking

Ethos: Child-centred care delivered by experienced, highly trained staff. Our client’s mission is to improve children’s lives through safe, supportive, high-quality care, with a strong commitment to safeguarding. Their homes aim to give children a stable foundation that many have not had before.

Individuals with only CQC experience and / or who have not worked in an Ofsted Registered Children’s Home will not be considered.

Sponsorship is not available.

How to apply:
If you are passionate about making a difference in the lives of children and young people and would like to join our client’s dedicated team, apply today. 🚀

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